The Garden Club then took over the publicity work, contributing 
nearly a column each week to the local paper, consisting of items of 
timely interest in relation to the work, as well as receipts for various 
war food preparations. This Committee also made and distributed 
posters of meetings and lectures to be held in connection with the 
work. 
A canning kitchen did excellent service during the summer, put- 
ting up some hundreds of jars of surplus fruit and vegetables, part of 
which were sent to our men at the front, and part used for the school 
luncheons, some also being sold for the benefit of the kitchen expenses. 
The Garden Club has considerably extended its civic work during 
the year and has enrolled itself in the service of the Council of National 
Defense, has added to its Hbrary, and hopes that in this time of 
national stress and anxiety that its sphere of usefulness has extended 
and broadened. Margaret L. Gage, President. 
MiLLBROOK Garden Club 
The MiUbrook Garden Club has prepared the following question- 
naire which has been sent through the country and villages about Mill- 
brook in an effort to arouse widespread interest. Results have been 
encouraging and an enthusiastic response received. 
Have You Thought 
Have you thought that possibly this time next year you may not 
be able to buy at the grocery store all the canned vegetables and 
fruits that you may want? 
They may not be there — the Government may have requisitioned 
the stock to feed the soldiers!! 
If you want to be sure of your own supply for next winter why 
not GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES in youT own garden next Summer 
and let the Millbrook Garden Club Canning Department put them up 
for you? 
Have you a vegetable garden, if so, how large? 
If you have no garden would you like to have one? 
If you have no place for a garden would you Uke to have ground 
furnished you free, ground prepared to plant — if so, how large a 
plot would you Hke? 
If you could secure the services of boys or girls to weed and pick 
your garden would you consider it a help, and would you be willing 
to pay moderately for this service? 
Is there anyone in your family who for compensation could furnish 
say two hours work per day in gardens? This means, yourself , or yovu* 
husband, or your children because gardening can be done by even 
young children. 
